News & Analysis as of

Private Equity Financial Institutions Financial Markets

A&O Shearman

UK House of Lords committee launches call for evidence on growth of private markets

A&O Shearman on

The House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee (the Committee) has launched a call for evidence as part of its inquiry into the growth of private markets in the UK following the regulatory reforms introduced after...more

Proskauer - Private Market Talks Podcast

[Podcast] Private Market Talks: Destination Europe with Pemberton’s Co-Founder Symon Drake-Brockman

As America turns inwards, investors are turning east, towards Europe. It’s a seismic shift not seen since the end of WWII. In this episode, we talk with Symon Drake-Brockman, co-founder and Managing Partner of Pemberton Asset...more

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Éléments clés à surveiller dans le domaine des prêts de capital de risque

Introduction - Les prêts de capital de risque jouent un rôle de premier plan sur le marché canadien du capital de risque, et la taille du marché des prêts de capital de risque continue de croître....more

White & Case LLP

European leveraged finance: A market reawakened

White & Case LLP on

European leveraged finance markets back on track -European leveraged finance markets rallied strongly in 2024, with momentum for new deals and opportunities for borrowers and lenders alike in 2025 - Europe's leveraged...more

A&O Shearman

CRT Transactions in the EU, U.K. and the United States

A&O Shearman on

In this bulletin, we consider the current state of the EU, U.K. and U.S. markets for credit risk transfer (“CRT”) transactions, with a particular focus on the fund finance market. For a more in-depth introduction to this...more

White & Case LLP

Sector trends - September 2024: Specialty Finance / Marketplace Lending

White & Case LLP on

UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector Trends H2 2023 | H1 2024 — Specialty Finance / Marketplace Lending - Consolidation fever grips non-bank lenders and banks alike—SME lending, revenue-based finance and...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Challenging Exit and Debt Conditions Prompt Financial Sponsors To Adopt Workarounds

The challenges facing financial sponsors in the past couple of years have been widely discussed. Their funds have amassed over $1 trillion in dry powder that they are competing to deploy in a weak exit market....more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Roll the Tape June 2024 - Fund Finance Highlight Reel: The First Half in Pictures

This year is starting to feel a bit more normalized after the 2021-2022 record origination numbers followed by the 2023 market disruption. In many ways, Fund finance has passed the stress test and moved forward. What has 2024...more

White & Case LLP

Fund finance market—adapting to change

White & Case LLP on

Following a period of rapid growth, the fund finance market has reached an inflection point. Once considered a small, esoteric area of the lending landscape, fund finance—loan facilities secured against investor commitments...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Markets Revert to Recent Form as Pessimism Takes Hold

Robins Kaplan LLP on

Back at it. Hope all had a great Memorial Day break. Despite our first week of gains on the Street in a good long while, pessimism is the name of the game for most in the U.S. economy at the moment. Front and center: the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Broadcom Weighing $60B Bid for Hybrid Cloud Co. VMWare

Robins Kaplan LLP on

Broadcom is in the throes of negotiations that would see it pay nearly $60 billion for VMWare Inc. in “what would be one of the biggest takeover deals of the year.” News of the potential deal by Broadcom, “a semiconductor...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Twitter Looks to Streamline Even As Musk Puts Acquisition “On Hold”

Robins Kaplan LLP on

Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal took dramatic action this week, firing two top execs, freezing “most new hiring,” and announcing plans to slash spending “as the social media company tries to change its business trajectory while...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Peloton Reels from Big Quarterly Losses

Robins Kaplan LLP on

Peloton’s quarterly earnings report showed that the company’s early-pandemic boom times are now firmly behind it, as the connected fitness bike maker delivered losses of $757 million for the first three months of 2022—“far...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Tech Drags Markets to Dismal April Performance

Robins Kaplan LLP on

A slumping tech sector pulled markets lower on Tuesday, “adding to a losing streak that has April shaping up to be Wall Street’s worst month in two years.” For the S&P 500, that translates into a nearly 8% decline for the...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Elon Musk Strikes Deal to Take Twitter Private for $44B

Robins Kaplan LLP on

Elon Musk and Twitter brass struck a deal on Monday in which Musk will spend $44 billion to “take over the influential social network frequented by world leaders, celebrities and cultural trendsetters” and take it private....more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Apollo Global Weighing Bankrolling Musk’s Play for Twitter

Robins Kaplan LLP on

Back at it. Let’s get caught up . . . The latest in the Elon Musk/Twitter drama includes word that PE firm Apollo Global Mgmt is “considering” joining a bid by Musk to acquire the social media platform, a potential early...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Sony to Acquire “Halo”-maker Bungie in $3.6B Deal

Robins Kaplan LLP on

Sony announced on Monday that it will acquire video-game maker Bungie, the latest in a recent series of big moves in the gaming industry in which the “game market further consolidates around some of its biggest companies.”...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Financial Daily Dose 11.8.2021 | Top Story: Congress Passes Massive Infrastructure Package

Robins Kaplan LLP on

It was a slog, to be sure, but Congress finally made President Biden’s infrastructure plan a reality late Friday, guaranteeing nearly “$600 billion in new federal aid to improve highways, bridges, dams, public transit, rail,...more

White & Case LLP

Financial institutions M&A: Specialty Finance/Marketplace Lending

White & Case LLP on

Financial institutions M&A sector trends: specialty finance/marketplace lending — H1 2021 and outlook for H2 2021 - M&A levels dipped in H1 2021. Whilst institutional banks backed trade and B2B finance platforms and VC...more

King & Spalding

Financial Services Industry Back Under Congress’ Microscope

King & Spalding on

Investigations into financial services companies are expected to heat up during the 117th Congress, with Democratic leadership already signaling interest - With a newly seated Democratic majority in both chambers, we...more

Goodwin

Fintech 2020: A Global Survey on the State of Financial Technology

Goodwin on

Letter from Our Co-Chairs - As the digital transformation of financial markets accelerates at breakneck speeds, fintech presents significant opportunities and challenges for both investors and innovators around the world. ...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on

We covered subprime auto yesterday. Today, it’s the other growing debt concern in the US—student loan obligations. Though here’s an unexpected take on it: due to missing or fake documentation, billions in defaulted student...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Your Daily Dose of Financial News

Robins Kaplan LLP on

You’ll remember Snap’s highly anticipated March IPO as a splashy affair, with a valuation in the $30+ billion range and a relatively consistent stock price. Well, reality hit hard yesterday, as Snap announced a $2.2 billion...more

Proskauer - The Capital Commitment

The Top Ten Regulatory and Litigation Risks for Private Funds in 2017

Private investment funds and advisers are likely to face new regulatory challenges and increased litigation risks in 2017, not only because of a change in the administration, but also because many advisers have not corrected...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Proposed Loss of Interest Deduction Would Boost Cost of PE Deals

Troutman Pepper Locke on

Where asset acquisitions or deemed asset acquisitions are not available, the loss of the interest deduction would likely result in an increased focus on pure equity-funded transactions. Originally published on the Middle...more

33 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 2

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide